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Genesis 11:26

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

KJV

Vixitque Thare septuaginta annis, et genuit Abram, et Nachor, et Aran.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἔζησεν Θάρα ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἀβρὰμ καὶ τὸν Ναχὼρ καὶ τὸν Ἁρράν.

LXX

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

ASV

וַֽ/יְחִי תֶ֖רַח שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַ/יּ֨וֹלֶד֙ אֶת אַבְרָ֔ם אֶת נָח֖וֹר וְ/אֶת הָרָֽן

Hebrew

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In this verse

People NahorTerahAbrahamNahorHaran

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְרָ֔ם
'brm
proper_noun · 61×
הָרָ֖ן
hrn
proper_noun · 7×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
נָח֖וֹר
nchvr
proper_noun · 18×
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shb'ym
adjective · 90×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תָּֽרַח
trch
proper_noun · 13×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 1:26 — Serug, Nahor, Terah,
  • Gen 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
  • Gen 12:4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
  • Josh 24:2 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and